Blog
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False Accusations
Legendary Husker football Coach Tom Osborne was falsely accused of cheating early in his career at Nebraska. While preparing to play in the 1985 Sugar Bowl, he was called...
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Stand Firm
One of the qualities of a great coach is the ability to make a decision and to live with it. Coach Joe Kennedy was a high school football coach...
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Failure to Believe
Zack Bowman, a cornerback and co-captain on the Nebraska football team in 2007, didn’t wear his black shirt to practice following Nebraska’s 49-31 loss against USC. He didn’t deserve...
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Mutual Edification
Without a coach who understood the need for order, the Chicago Bulls of the 90s could easily have fallen into chaos with flamboyant players like Dennis Rodman and demanding...
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Love is the Greatest
When Wake Forest offered a baseball scholarship to outfielder Kevin Jordan, he never dreamed his future coach would later donate a kidney to him. During his recruitment, his father...
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Do Your Gifts Honor God?
Josh was a talented high school basketball player who worked hard to overcome his lack of size. Despite being only 5-foot-8, he was able to lead his team in...
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Be Like Paul
One of the most famous commercials of all time was Michael Jordan’s “Be Like Mike” Gatorade spot. I can still hear the jingle in my head, though it aired...
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What to Do About Sports
Not long ago, I spoke with a pastor of a very respected church who told me he was ready to instruct his people to abstain from youth sports. He...
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Sacrifices for Teammates
The baseball strategy of bunting is often considered part of a “small ball” strategy. Baseball’s bunt is a technique that tries to deaden the ball into the grassy no-man’s...
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